What is the degree in? What was his GPA? What were his extracurricular activities? What organizations did he take part in? How much time did he spend in the career offices? What experience did he gain in his field?

"The actions of five or six people don't reflect on the hundreds of thousands" of students and faculty who make up the Penn State community, she said while walking through the student union building on campus.

This is actually false. The actions of these particular 5 or 6 people reflect the cult mentality that exists in Penn State towards the football program. If the people could keep things in perspective when it comes to football, then the fools that attend the school would not have rioted in response to Joe Pa's firing. Their priorities are all out of whack.

If something like this happened at RU, I would no longer support the team. Period. I would no longer donate as an alumni. Period. I cherish the values of the institution that I attended, and that's what keeps me as a contributing alumni. The football program is a way to keep me involved but it is not the end all be all.

FYI, I saw a man in Dunkin Donuts who was parading his 5 or 6 year old daughter in a Penn State cheerleading uniform. I wanted to punch him. Today is the day a report like this comes out and you're going to connect your daughter with thoughts of Jerry Sandusky!? What an idiot.

I'm sure she did it. But it's ridiculous the precautions that teachers have to take to avoid being accused of something when nothing was done. Can't be in a classroom with a closed door. Never enter the bathrooms. No pats on the back. I once turned around and my hand brushed against a male student's chest. If that was a girl and she told administration I would have probably been fired. It can be nerve racking.

It gets especially awkward when a student obviously is attracted to you. You don't even really need to be good looking; some girls (or boys) just look up to you and see you in a way you don't want them to.

At first I didn't either. I was going to say something like "cars don't kill people, people kill people" (kinda like the saying about guns). Then it occurred to me, it's MUCH easier to get into one of these cars than a gun and it's arguably as easy to accidentally hurt someone with these things than it is a gun. No matter who you are, if you get behind the wheel of one of these things you're tempted to test it to its limits. I can't honestly say that if I was on a highway with one of them that I wouldn't be tempted to push 100 mph in a 65. Many who say they wouldn't even think about that are kidding themselves. It's just so easy.

I'm beginning to agree that something needs to be done so that these cars are not so easily available to anyone who has a few bucks to throw around. You should have to go through a special training course on how to handle these cars and the dangers they pose.

My day starts at 8 and ends at 4 and that is true for most teachers. That's 8 hours. Multiply by 5. And now you have 40! Yay math is fun!

I assume by merit pay you mean to attach test scores to teacher salaries. I'd rather not have my pay decided by how well the teachers before me performed. Also, you do realize that step raises are not automatic right? You need to be evaluated and if you receive poor evaluations you don't get a raise.

Gotta love how public workers get piled on when times are tough. But when business is a boomin' they don't reap any benefits like the private sector does. Stop blaming teachers, cops, firemen, etc. and start blaming the people that put the country/state in this situation in the first place.

Studies have shown that these kids benefit from being in a normal classroom, and in many cases the non-classified kids benefit too. You can't just ignore kids with special needs. Unless of course you're satan.

Actually quantity does matter. There is an abundance of evidence that suggests lower teacher/student ratios is directly proportional to student achievement. Ever tried to have a science lab with 25 6th graders? Or what about even 10? Teaching 10 kids is WAY more efficient. In larger classes, kids tend to slip through the cracks. Even the best teachers have difficulty with larger classes (and in science it increases the chances of accidents). Agreed that quality is also very important. But you have to take both into account.

And I feel like there have been people that have posted many times how tenure works and no one is listening. You DO get evaluated every year and those evaluations can also determine WHETHER OR NOT YOU GET A RAISE. How is that not a form of merit pay?

Actually I see them there all the time. And the ones that do nothing but study all day and get great grades tend to actually have a difficult time finding jobs because they have no people skills. Employers value much more than how you do in classes, they value networking and communication skills. People that actually go out and socialize tend to be much better at that sort of thing.

It annoys me when people complain about how much college costs. Take online courses if all you care about is getting credits for courses. When I was at Rutgers, I understood that a ton of my money was going to programming, dining, transportation, and sports. And you know what I did? I TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT! I went to school sponsored functions with friends, I attended seminars and took part in fairs, and I did intramurals. There are TONS of things to do at a large university that actually involve getting off your butt and socializing.

If they were 75 I bet you'd assume that it was too dark for them to see or couldn't see over the steering wheel. If they were black I bet you'd say they were too busy listening to rap music.

Assuming things about someone based on age is no better than assuming things about someone based on race, religion, or creed. As a young person I'm offended that you jump to those conclusions and annoyed when older people who are supposed to be more mature and learned treat me differently because I haven't lived as long as them.

I've had my car shut down 3 times and I've never had a problem getting off the road. Not blaming the guy I'm just saying that a car shut down in the middle of a road is quite out of the ordinary and it's perfectly feasible that someone might not realize until it's too late.

The picture is showing from the opposite direction. It does nothing to indicate what the road looks like from the driver's point of view going in that direction.

Also, even if the drivers weren't 100% attentive, you cannot blame them. While I don't know what the actual statistics are, I would bet my life that 99% of you, at some point, are doing something in your car that takes your mind and/or eyes off the road. You could be checking your mirrors, looking over your shoulder, looking at something on the side of the road, checking the clock, listening to music or an audio book, fiddling with your radio, adjusting your mirrors, talking to a passenger, thinking deeply about something unrelated to your driving, switching CD's in your disc player, or you could be tired after a long day of work, etc. All of those things are perfectly reasonable when you're driving and EVERYONE does many of those things. Not to mention, I KNOW many people speed on a 50 mph highway (although if this is the case the drivers should be held accountable).

This is a very sad and unfortunate situation, but you can't always look around for someone to blame when there is a tragedy. Sometimes a tragedy is just that, a tragedy.

"The accident happened on a stretch of Route 70 that bends just slightly and where the speed limit is 50 mph."

You were not there and do not have all facts. It's silly to make judgments based on minimal evidence. It's more than feasible that if the road curves slightly in a 50 mph area that they would not have seen the man until it was too late especially when it is dark out.

My guess is that you're jumping to conclusions since the two motorists were only 23, but that's just a hunch.

This is pointless. There is no California symbol at Stanford. Notre Dame has nothing representing Indiana. Baylor doesn't have Texas. No Tennessee on Vanderbilt. Tons of Jersey pride at Rutgers despite not repping it on a uniform.